Sprint to partner with HTC, Samsung for Windows Phone 8 devices

Microsoft and Sprint announced today that they’d be partnering with HTC and Samsung to release Windows Phone 8 devices on their 4G LTE network this summer. Sprint was found to have posted a support article last week saying Windows Phone 8 was coming soon, although that was the extent of the details they provided. Sprint posted a press release today to announce the partnership with HTC and Samsung, both of which they have strong relationships with already. The support article was also updated today with some more details talking about Windows Phone 8 in general.

Sprint did not name any devices not did they gave a more specific timeframe other than “this summer”. They promise to provide more details as the availability dates of the devices near.